Friday January 20 – Grade 4-5 Fun Night see flyer that went home for details.

Box Tops– Ask friends and family to save them for you. Make sure to send them in an envelope/baggie labeled with your students name and teacher. Don’t forget you can use the box top app to earn bonus box tops for our school.

Weather– Parents are reminded to please ensure their children have warm clothing for school so they can enjoy recess outside or if there is an emergency requiring a building evacuation. Students typically are allowed out for recess if the temperature is above 20 degrees, although wind chill and other factors may keep students inside.

School Bucks at Colonie Center- Don’t Forget, every time you, your family, and your friends shop at Colonie Center, you can help CES earn points. Save your receipts, and bring them to the Guest Service Desk, located near Five Guys. Its real easy just ask for a school sheet, write Castleton Elementary at the top, total your receipts for each store and mark it next to their name. Hand the sheet in and show your supporting receipts to the Customer Service Rep, they will stamp each receipt and hand them back to you and you are done.

Upcoming events in February

Lip Sync – Song Choice selection

Science Fair – Friday February 3 -start talking with your child about experiments, flyers will be coming home soon.

The Holiday Bazaar is fast approaching. We wanted to send this message out so folks can sign up to be an Elf this holiday season.”Elf ?”you say, that means being a Volunteer. You can sign up here http://castleton.parentplace.site/volunteer/?sheet_id=13

Thank you to everyone who has sent in donations. As usual we could still use more items suitable for men.

The holiday bazaar is a memorable event for our children at C.E.S. Each child is allowed to shop for their loved ones and purchase presents for only a quarter. The children are genuinely so excited to shop and find treasures for family. They learn the importance of giving and how wonderful it feels.

We need everyone’s help, If you have items such as:

Coffee cups

Small home goods

Candles

Ties

Toys in excellent shape

Please only donate items you wouldn’t mind getting back because there is a chance your child might know you have one home just like it. It takes volunteers hours and hours to go through these items to get ready for the holiday bazaar. We have to sort through lots of items that are not in great condition and we end up tossing them. Please save us this step and only donate items in excellent condition. Please box the items up, label it holiday bazaar and leave it by the PTO table located near front door of school.

School Bucks at Colonie Center

Don’t Forget, every time you, your family, and your friends shop at Colonie Center, you can help CES earn points. Save your receipts, and bring them to the Guest Service Desk, located near Five Guys. Its real easy just ask for a school sheet, write Castleton Elementary at the top, total your receipts for each store and mark it next to their name. Hand the sheet in and show your supporting receipts to the Customer Service Rep, they will stamp each receipt and hand them back to you and you are done.

PTO Meetings

The schedule alternates between the first Tuesday and first Wednesday of the month at 6:15 pm in the school library. Next Meeting is Tuesday November 1, 2016

Don’t Forget, every time you, your family, and your friends shop at Colonie Center, you can help CES earn points. Save your receipts, and bring them to the Guest Service Desk, located near Five Guys. Its real easy just ask for a school sheet, write Castleton Elementary at the top, total your receipts for each store and mark it next to their name. Hand the sheet in and show your supporting receipts to the Customer Service Rep, they will stamp each receipt and hand them back to you and you are done.

PTO Meetings

The schedule alternates between the first Tuesday and first Wednesday of the month at 6:15 pm in the school library. Next Meeting is Wednesday October 5, 2016

Onsite Child Care during Parent Nights at CES-The PTO will be offering on-site child care this year at CES during the Parent Nights on September 20th (K-2nd Parent Night) and September 21st (3rd through 5th Parent Night).

Child Care will be available on a first come, first served basis to those families that pre-register ONLY. Only children who are potty trained will be able to attend. Please register children on our website http://castleton.parentplace.site/volunteer/. We will be unable to take children the night of that are not on the list. Cost will be $10 per child or up to $20 per family. Please bring cash or check payable to CES PTO. We are also looking for babysitters, please sign up on our website. If an adult in your family volunteers for one of the two nights, your child(ren) can attend at no cost on either or both nights. Children will be able to do arts and crafts, or play games. Babysitting will be available from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The funds raised from these two evenings will be used to pay for other PTO events. If you have questions, please contact a PTO board member.